What he was looking at was the original Suzuki B-King concept bike which looked about as whacky as anything the Japanese or anybody had ever made or were thinking of making. I probably should explain that what got Mark all excited was that it was purported to be a naked bike powered by a supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa engine and good for around 250hp. Mark loves numbers and he especially likes horsepower numbers, the higher the better. This little tech marvel also had doo-dads like a GPS-based weather warning system to keep you from getting rained on and a GPS navigation system with a display on the face shield of a special Suzuki helmet. Plus you could read and send email on the heads-up visor display (if you were itching to get in an accident). Oh and there were other silly (my take) things like a finger-print recognition starter and other things that would only cause mechanical heartbreak someday, but that didn’t deter him. He just wanted to pin the 250hp throttle when it hit production.

 

  Well like all concept bikes, it got its nuts cut off and the supercharger and all that needless techie stuff stayed where they belonged, on the factory computers. Mark has always registered extreme disappointment at the actual production B-King Suzuki finally brought out in 2007 so this feature bike is something that just might make his blood boil in a good way. The twin-turbo custom B-King built by Jack McCoy of M43 Powersports in Grand Ledge, Michigan, which Mr. Cofano photographed at the Ultimate Builder Show, just might do the trick when it comes to turning up the wick. I have no idea how many horses it’s putting out, but I gotta guess it’d make even the concept bike look like a good commuter bike. Mr. McCoy’s guess is around 500hp at the rear wheel.

 

  The rigid-framed ride has had its wheelbase lengthened to where it might have trouble fitting into a mall parking space, but that’s good when you’re trying to keep the front wheel on the ground and the bike aimed straight ahead. Basically, that’s about all this bike looks like it wants to do anyway and this is one case where it probably wouldn’t disappoint you that it didn’t want turn. I don’t think anybody wants to drag a turbo in the middle of a turn. I’m sure the only thing going through a rider’s mind on this is, “Please go straight, please go straight!”

 

  Obviously I don’t know a hell a lot about this bike so watch this video for info straight from the horse’s (so to speak) mouth.